About the speaker:
Rugadh Diarmuid Ó Muirgheasa i mBaile Átha Cliath i 1989. Is iriseoir agus blagálaí é, agus bhí sé mar eagarthóir teicneolaíochta ar nós* ó 2008 go 2009. Fuair sé ainmniúchán i roinn ‘Iriseoir na Bliana’ ag Gradaim Chumarsáide an Oireachtais i 2009. Scríobhann sé colún teicneolaíochta rialta i nGaelscéal.
Diarmuid Ó Muirgheasa was born in Dublin in 1989. He is a journalist and blogger, and was technology editor of nós* from 2008 to 2009. He was nominated in the category ‘Iriseoir na Bliana’ at Gradaim Chumarsáide an Oireachtais in 2009, and currently writes a regular technology column in Gaelscéal.
About the event:
Le 70 bliain nó mar sin anuas, tá éabhlóid ag tarlú san earnáil ríomhaireachta atá iomlán gan fasach. Idir lucht Bletchley Park sna 40idí, Bell Labs sna 60idí agus 70idí, agus ansin ar aghaidh ag an nua-ré ríomhaireachta atá linn le 20 bliain nó mar sin, tá na hathraithe atá tagtha leis an aois ríomhaireachta go héasca ar chomh-chéim leis na hathraithe is mó ar tharla le linn aon réabhlóid stairiúil.
Ach cad a thagann anois? Cad atá ag druidim? I gceann 20 bliain, nó 30, nó 40, cén chaoi a mbeidh cúrsaí teicneolaíochta éagsúil? Sa léacht seo déanfaidh scríbhneoir teicneolaíochta Diarmuid Ó Muirgheasa iarracht na ceisteanna sin a fhreagairt, agus déanfaidh 30 tuar maidir le gach aon saghas rud idir todhchaí na teilifíse, todhchaí an idirlín, agus cathain ar féidir linn bheith ag súil ár lámha a fháil ar deireadh ar ghluaisteán a eitlíonn.
Over the past 70 years or so, computers have evolved beyond all recognition. From the code-breakers at Bletchley Park in the 40s through the glory days of Bell Labs in the late 60s and early 70s, and then on into the modern era, the rise of the age of computing is easily comparable to the most extreme of upheavals throughout history.
But what comes next? What can we already see coming at us over the horizon? In 20 years, or 30, or 40, how will things be different? In this lecture, technology writer Diarmuid Ó Muirgheasa will attempt to answer those questions, in the process making 30 predictions on everything from the future of television and the internet to when we can expect to finally get our hands on the long-awaited flying car.
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